Know your county officials! These are the people we work with to try and work through the issues.
County Judge Mark Riley
County Attorney John Forrest
County Commissioner Jim Webster
Click the link below to find their contact information:
http://www.co.parker.tx.us/ips/cms/countyoffices/
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Jim Webster has never lifted a finger to help this nieborhood. He could be a leader in Parker County to stop this kind of injustice, but the oil and gas companys seem to have him in thier pockets.
Jim Webster has done nothing but continue to tell lies and evidently cash his checks from Encana Oil and the Beggs ranch, because he defiantly hasn’t done anything for our neighborhood. But he has widened the road to the entry allowing the trucks easer access and more room to takeout the speed limit and children at play signs. Not to mention the speed humps that were intentionally destroyed by the Beggs ranch drilling traffic as reported to the Parker County Sherriff’s office and Jim Webster over two months ago and still nothing has been done. Keep up the good work Jim!!!!!
Commissioners close two county roads to truck traffic
By Skip Nichols | Published Thursday, October 2, 2003
Truck traffic on two Wise County roads will now be restricted after a vote Monday of Wise County commissioners.
Truck traffic on two Wise County roads will now be restricted after a vote Monday of Wise County commissioners.
Commissioners unanimously voted to ban through truck traffic on county roads 4841 and 4668.
The roads are in heavily residential areas, and trucks are creating hazards as well as destroying the roads, said Precinct 3 Commissioner Mikel Richardson.
Richardson asked for the closure after uncovering a ruling by the state's attorney general which he said gives the county the authority to block the truck traffic on a road if an alternate route is available. He said the two roads are used as "short cuts" by rock and oilfield trucks.
County Road 4841 is east of Rhome and connects Texas 114 and U.S. 81/287. County Road 4668 is a connecting road between FM 730 and FM 718 south of Boyd.
"These are just convenient roads for every truck to cut through," Richardson told his fellow commissioners.
After the vote, however, Sheriff Phil Ryan brought up some of the difficulties in enforcing the new county rule.
Ryan said he needed to review the state law.
"We might have the same problem as we do now enforcing weight limit on bridges," Ryan noted. "I would say we should restrict trucks based on the number of axles rather than weight."
Richardson and Ryan agreed to work out the details for a possible ordinance.
The issue of roads - all kinds of roads - dominated Monday's three-and-a-half hour meeting.
Commissioners, trying to clear up confusion about private roads and county-maintained roads, discussed the possibility of coming up with another designation for roads in the county. That issue was also brought up by Richardson.
The problem surfaces when a small tract of land is subdivided by an individual. Because of the high cost of developing property, many land owners have gravel roads built, which do not meet county standards. The county will not accept them, and maintaining the roads then falls to the homeowners, who may not be aware of the difference between a county-owned and a privately owned road.
One suggestion - by Precinct 2 Commissioner Kevin Burns - was to consider using the term "public road." It would be used for roads in subdivisions that are not county maintained but are open for travel by the general public.
Burns and Richardson agreed to work out definitions for roads that could then be applied to the county's subdivision rules and regulations.
WHY JIM WEBSTER????
Chisholm Heights Addition is located in Parker County, Precinct 4,witch leaves us stuck with Jim Webster. Sound like Wise County has commissioners that do things for the county and it's tax paying voters.
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